Senior Corporate Operational Manager

Role Overview

In this role, you will lead and drive the execution of cross-functional operational processes, with responsibility for translating strategic direction and business agreements into clear, structured, and actionable operational plans.

This is a senior role with significant impact, focused on leading complex initiatives, building scalable processes, and implementing governance frameworks, controls, and monitoring mechanisms to enable effective execution, visibility, and compliance with business, contractual, and regulatory requirements.

The role operates in close alignment with the strategic leadership of the domain, serving as a key bridge between strategy and execution, while building the operational foundations required to support future organisational growth and scaling.

Key Responsibilities

• Execution leadership across cross-functional processes. Lead complex operational projects across multiple functions. Create clarity around ownership, dependencies, and execution challenges. Identify process gaps and drive practical solutions.
• Translating strategy and agreements into execution. Break down strategic and business agreements into structured operational plans. Define milestones, ownership, and delivery frameworks. Drive implementation across stakeholders and ensure alignment across teams.
• Process design & implementation. Design and implement structured and scalable operational processes. Build methodologies and tools to support execution. Break down processes into detailed tasks for tracking and control, and continuously improve processes based on business needs.
• Compliance, controls, monitoring & governance. Define and implement control and monitoring mechanisms. Ensure alignment with contractual, financial, and regulatory requirements. Identify risks and implement mitigation frameworks, and support audit and compliance processes.
• Stakeholder management. Work closely with business, legal, finance, and technology stakeholders. Drive alignment, decision-making, and execution, and operate effectively in an international environment.
• Operational infrastructure development. Build operational frameworks supporting complex business initiatives. Establish scalable foundations for future agreements and projects, and contribute to defining team standards and methodologies.

Key Qualifications & Experience

Must-Have Requirements

• Extensive experience in operational project management, process design, or compliance-related roles.
• Strong expertise in compliance, regulatory frameworks, and risk management (AML/KYC, due diligence, sanctions, etc.).
• Proven ability to translate complex business or contractual requirements into structured operational execution.
• Experience conducting risk assessments and implementing control and monitoring frameworks.
• Experience working in complex, cross-functional, international environments.
• Strong ability to create structure, clarity, and prioritisation in ambiguous environments.
• Experience designing scalable processes and execution frameworks.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including working with senior stakeholders.
• High ownership, attention to detail, and structured thinking.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a regulated environment.
• Experience in complex deal or strategic financing environments.
• Background in due diligence, investigations, or business intelligence.
• Experience building or scaling functions or teams.